St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-28
A STORM OF FIRE.
Old Borealis and His Brave War
riors Assailed by the King
of Fire,
Whose Red-Handed Minions Wage
Successful War Against the
Icy Monarch.
The Palace Taken and It's Late Ruler Led
Away Captive by His FREY
Majesty.
A Hundred and Fifty Thousand People
Witness the Storming of the
Castle of Ice.
The Sky a Blaze of Light With Ten
Thousand Scintillating Ram
bow CoIored Stars.
Visitors From Minneapolis Number
Twenty five thousand Carni-
val Fever White Hot.

United StateS-the St0rmlng OF the Ice cas-
tie and its capture by the king Of fire. 1t
was the grand outbursting of carnival Ell
thusiasm which, like the cumulative force
within a volcano, suddenly overlows the
resisting pressure and breaks out in floods
of fire, clouds of seething smoke and with a
boom and roar that shakes the continent.
Yesterday was the climax of the second
winter carnival in st. Paul. Under the
terms of the armiStice patched up a week
ago by the kings Of ice and fire, hOstilities
might be renewed without violating the
codes Of war, as soon as the
sun sank below the horizon yes
terday evening. No more fitting
night for the kings whose warriors, by an
allegory, shoot darts of ice and fire. could
have been designed. Nature paid tribute
10 the carnival myths. and all through the
day it seemed as if old winter were losing
his grip On the Northwest before mild
suggestion of a thaw that melted the icicles
Oh the roofs and sent little rlls of water
running down the seams of the Ice Kings
castle 1t was fitting day for the king of
the fiery realms and his bloOd-red ghelbers
to wage successful war against Borealis,
whose reign both at the palace grounds and
over the Northwest in general. has become
something Of chestnut, although it is no
part of the business of loyal subjects of
BOrealiS or any other king to kick against
the imperial will and actions. But
BOreaiS, about whose head have
been spun legends and figures that
have made him the central figure of
the carnival, was most gloriously beaten on
his own ground last night in battle the
flame of which lighted the vault of heaven
over his whole domain. and amid a rattle
and roar of mimic batteries that shook his
castle to its foundation stones. And the
eyes of the whole world were on the king
at the moment of his defeat From north
and south, from east and west crowds had
come to see the palace stormed. Men and
women and children had heard the story
Of the former battle and come to see the
second and greater ore The carnival city
vas never so full Of people. All the trains
for twenty-four hours previous to last
night came crowded, and their loads of
human freight swarmed the city's streets.
The population Of the city, was. for the
evening, more than doubled. 1t was
MINNEAPOLIS DAY
and the giant, twin born with the city
where the Ice King lived, sent thousands
upon thousands to witness the
fray wherein BOrealiS lost his
crown. More interest than to wit
ness q gorgeous glowing spectacle attached
to the visit of the Minneapoitan, for by a
choice that seemed fitting one, the man
who holds the keys of his city was made
the King of Fire and it was with the full
consciousness that he would return a vic
tor that the jewellers in the Floury city
came. Youth and beauty in several large
and well defined galaXies came down OF
every short line train and filled the streets
-, al II Jo
hotel was crowded. Where all the visitors
got their supplies, if indeed they had
any, is a mystery, for miracles of loaves
and fishes do not come to pass in the North
west this season. and it looked as if the in
fux from Minneapolis and every other city
in the state were out of all proportion with
the ability of the Capital City when il
comes to question of provision. At any
rate the crowds were here and the carnival
city WAS at its gayeSt, with the many fea-
lures that went to make the greatest day OF
the carnival.
Before the sun went down a haze spread
over the sky and the Slanting rays of the
western sun could not give farewell kiss
to the ice monarch'S home before it should
pass forever from the rule of king
who had Teigned there for eight day:
in undiSturbed peace and popularity. The
castle walls. as clear and green as when
first the blocks were laid. rose in massive
majesty in the center of what was to be
the evening battle ground. And then as
all roads lead to Rome so it began to APP
pear that all streets in st. Paul lead to the
palace grounds. The crowd that had
watched the turnouts during the day be-
gan to gravitate toward the castle. Early in
the evening the space about the grounds
was black.
STREAMS OF PEOPLE
poured through the gates and the grounds
were we'll filled two hours before the spec
tacle began. AS it began to grow dark
the space where the spectators could stand
became blacker and little groups were
formed on every door step and piazzs
from which the palace or the space about i
could be seen. y hundred and fifty thou
sand people were looking toward the pal.
ace, their one ambition in this world beins
to get within sighting distance of the grea
ice structure. The palace was illuminated
at early evening and the crowds abou
looked at the rosy CLEAN as it came through
the thick walls and admired its beauties
Ordinary Faber No2 lead pencils, such a
reporters use, are made of such common
place stuff that it is impossible to write
with them any very adequate description o
what took place at the palace grounds dur
ing the evening. Such evenings seldom
have to be chronicled. The palace wa
lighted only with red lights within and they
shone out with ruby glow as if invitin!
the King of Fire to come and dwell within
the walls which had been heated red-ho
for his approach. An idea of how many
people watched this palace may be ha(
when it Is considered that all the space
within the palace grounds except where TIL
ropes and the police kept the throng ava,
for few rods about the palace
where the battle was to rage. was blacl
with people. All through the park, eXcep
for a space in the rear of the castle and il
the corners, the crowd was so dense tina
one had to elbow the way. if a change O
position was attempted. 1t seemed as i
all the people in Minnesota were in st
Paul. and all in st. Paul were crowding Il
Carnival park. The gathering together haC
begun early in the evening. and most of tn
great throng were heartily tired of waiting
before the stormiDg began.
TIE NIGHT WAS WARM.
else there would have been many froZe1
statues in the park before the Fire Kin
came, The thousands of people there stoo
first on one foot. then on the other
then stamped with both ant
walked step or two, the
walked back again, stamped with both feet
and then began balancing first on on
foot. then on the other, remarking mean
while in somewhat impatient tones, that i
was time the procession came and tn
nalace was stormed if anybody expected t
catch the train home that night. Whe